Caruichthys Explained

Caruichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish^[1] that lived during the Early Triassic epoch. It contains a single species, Caruichthys ornatus, known from what is now South Africa (Cradock District). It is known from a single specimen,^[2] which was collected from the middle Beaufort Series (Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone) of Doorn River.^[3]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2009-02-20 .
2. Broom . Robert . Robert Broom . 1913 . On some fishes from the Lower and Middle Karroo, S. Africa . Annals of the South African Museum . 12 . 1–5 .
3. Brinkmann . Winand . Romano . Carlo . Bucher . Hugo . Ware . David . Jenks . Jim . 2010 . Palaeobiogeography and stratigraphy of advanced gnathostomian fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) in the Early Triassic and from selected Anisian localities (Report 1863–2009) . Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil II . 2009 . 765–812 . .